Howdy,
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Dave Whitworth wrote:
> I agreed with you on another forum, and now I'm going to help you....I
> must be having a bad day. :-):-)
Don't worry Dave, I won't tell anyone. :-)
> Anyway, I've found that the cables have a short life. We used to have
> the problems you describe, but since then started replacing cables every
> two seasons PERIOD and the issues stopped. When I visit other regions
> to help them put on divisionals, I notice that the ones that have old
> cables have problems, the ones that have new don't. I have trouble
> convincing most regions to throw out 1000's of feet of cable every two
> years, but it really makes for better events.
>
> Also, the connectors need to be replaced on the same schedule.
Good info. Thanks!
When you say "connectors" do you mean the ones on the timing box & photo
heads as well? On Sunday (when we had a problem/delay), we swapped to a
new cable from the box to the photohead without a change, then swapped the
photohead and all was well. The photoheads obviously have a cable
w/connector on them too, but I've not looked at what it takes to change
them...
> We tried testing the cables, but short of a full break in the conductor,
> we could never get any reliable testing info from them. They'd all have
> the resistance readings, but one would work and another wouldn't.
Hrm. I guess that makes sense, but its not what we really wanted to
hear...
Guess its time to put that stuff on a schedule. Have you investigated
other suppliers or brands/cables that might last a little longer?
Thanks again!
Mark
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